Nonfiction from Malcolm Gladwell, Francine Prose, Jonathan Franzen, and more: "There is not a dud in the bunch. [An] exhilarating collection." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Whether a personal reflection on a wife's decline from Alzheimer's, a critique of the overdiagnosis of mood disorders, a lighthearted look at menopause, a friend's commentary on David Foster Wallace's heartbreaking suicide, or a memoir of teaching underprivileged children, this collection highlights the best essays of the year with contributions from:

Benjamin Anastas ? Marcia Angell ? Miah Arnold ? Geoffrey Bent ? Robert Boyers ? Dudley Clendinen ? Paul Collins ? Mark Doty ? Mark Edmundson ? Joseph Epstein ? Jonathan Franzen ? Malcolm Gladwell ? Peter Hessler ? Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough ? Garret Keizer ? David J. Lawless ? Alan Lightman ? Sandra Tsing Loh ? Ken Murray ? Francine Prose ? Richard Sennett ? Lauren Slater ? Jose Antonio Vargas ? Wesley Yang

"A trove of fine writing on big issues." -- Kirkus Reviews

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• Publication Date: October 2, 2012
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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• Print Length: 338 Pages
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